In the thick of his re-election campaign in 2012, President Obama devoted six paragraphs in his State of the Union address to his plans to reverse a flow of factory jobs to foreign countries. He called to end tax breaks for companies that outsource jobs, to cut taxes for domestic manufacturers and to levy a minimum tax on multinational corporations.

Leon Panetta, former budget director under President Clinton, said: "It helps if it's one son-of-a-bitch, who knows the numbers and the budget and the implications." News reports this week have President-elect Donald Trump considering Goldman Sachs president Gary Cohn to head the Office of Management and Budget.

Carrier incentives stir debate over 'rewarding' offshoring Some experts say the deal sets a troubling precedent. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2gsqaeu President-elect Donald Trump says lower taxes and less regulations are on the way to help other companies continue to employ U.S. workers.

Purdue University president Mitch Daniels delivers the keynote presentation at the Columbus Economic Development Board annual meeting held May 5, 2014 at The Commons. FILE PHOTO A funny thing's been happening since Election Day along the nightly flight path over Lafayette, headed west into the Purdue University Airport.

A decade ago, when Indiana had one of the lowest rates of health insurance coverage in the nation, then-Gov. Mitch Daniels turned to a health policy consultant named Seema Verma to help insure more of the state's poor and working poor. Verma's approach to expanding the state's Medicaid program was unusual and somewhat controversial.

Donadio, along with former Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, was elected Monday, Norfolk Southern Chairman and CEO James A. Squires confirmed in a statement. Donadio, 62, will serve on the company board's audit and finance and risk management committees.

In a Facebook post thanking voters for his election victory, Governor-elect Eric Holcomb told Hoosiers, "You ain't seen nothing yet." News stories noted that Holcomb has worked with both of Indiana's past two governors, Mitch Daniels and Mike Pence.

Jennifer McCormick, pictured above, went into the race for superintendent of public instruction with little name recognition, one-sixth of the campaign money of her opponent, Democratic incumbent Glenda Ritz, and media and an electorate more focused on contests for president, senator and governor. She came out the other end with a vote count not just higher than that of Ritz, who was backed by teachers' unions, but more votes than GOP Governor-elect Eric Holcomb received in his race.